[net.mag] TOC Scientific American, Vol. 253

rik@ucla-cs.UUCP (06/17/85)

%A C. Arden Miller
%T Infant Mortality in The U.S.
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 31-37
%Z An abrupt slowing of the decline in infant deaths coincides with
cutbacks in Federal programs.

%A Robert Hamilton Brown
%A Dale P. Cruikshank
%T The Moons of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 38-47
%Z Soon Voyager 2 will provide closeup views of these small, icy
satellites.

%A Charles H. Bennett
%A Rolf Landauer
%T The Fundamental Physical Limits of Computation
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 48-56
%Z No minimum expenditure of energy is required.  Are there other
constraints?

%A G. Ledyard Stebbins
%A Francisco J. Ayala
%T The Evolution of Darwinism
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 72-82
%Z Fresh data and new interpretations alter and amplify the synthetic
theory; they do not contradict it.

%A Gary K. Beauchamp
%A Kunio Yamazaki
%A Edward A. Boyse
%T The Chemosensory Recognition of Genetic Individuality
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 86-92
%Z Mice are able to sniff out genetic differences.

%A Peter M. Warren
%T Minoan Palaces
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 94-103
%Z Detailed study of their architecture, and thus of their functions,
reconstructs a Bronze Age society.

%A Arie Issar
%T Fossil Water under the Sinai-Negev Peninsula
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 104-110
%Z A vast underground reservoir formed during the latest ice age can be
exploited to water the desert.

%A Douglass H. Morse
%T Milkweeds and Their Visitors
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 1
%D July 1985
%P 112-119
%Z Nectar-feeders, herbivores, predators and parasites gather to form a
model ecological community.